You know the drill: he's the young wizard with the iconic scar, John Lennon glasses, and Gryffindor pride. He's Harry Potter—humble, anxious, brave little Harry.The HP movies are pretty action-pa...

Remember Order of the Phoenix, when Harry was super angsty and moody about being left out of plans (as well as just generally being angsty and moody)? Well, in this movie, it's Ron's turn. And it's...

There has always been a boatload of fandom love for Hermione's smarts, and some people even like to argue that she (and not Harry) is the real hero of all the books/movies. And we have to say…thi...

Xenophilius is an interesting dude—with a very interesting fashion sense. He and his daughter, Luna, are known for being a bit quirky and believing in stuff that other wizards don't—you know, c...

If you got to know the character of Snape from this movie alone, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single likable thing about him. He's a full-on Death Eater without a shred of sympathy for anyone no...

Scrimgeour is the Minister of Magic when the film opens, but he doesn't last long. He gets some screen time when he arrives to read Dumbledore's will and give the kids their bequests, but that's ab...

Molly Weasley is basically just never going to be able to relax until Voldemort is gone, is she? The movie opens with her husband and all her children (except for Percy) helping to transfer Harry f...

Ginny doesn't get to come along with Harry, Hermione, and Ron on their adventures, so we don't see too very much of her. She has a flirty scene with Harry early on, in which she asks him to zip up...

We don't spend much time with Charity in this film, but we quickly learn the details of her history from Voldemort while she has her imprisoned in Malfoy Manor:VOLDEMORT: To those of you who do not...

While Harry's off looking for Horcruxes (bits of Voldemort's soul), the Dark Lord is off on his own frustrating mission: He's traveling around the world looking for…a wand? Maybe?He's pursuing wa...

Bella is pretty much her old sadistic self in this film. She likes to think she's pretty important to the Dark Lord—and she's always very aggressive about trying to insert herself into or take on...

"Cissy" (as Bella likes to call her) and her husband are having kind of a rough time these days. Voldemort has taken over their house, and they seem to be in something other than the best standing...

Dobby has a big moment in this film. When Harry asks for help by speaking into a mysterious shard of mirror that sometimes has a Dumbledore-esque blue eye in it, Dobby suddenly appears in Malfoy Ma...

Elphias was an old friend of Dumbledore's. When we meet him at Bill and Fleur's wedding, he's just written a piece in the newspaper about the late headmaster, and so Harry tries to pick his brains/...

He's the dude responsible for this whole mess, really, since he helped Voldemort come back to life back in the fourth movie. And now he has to slink around in terror and try to keep Voldemort happy...

Pius is a Ministry employee that the Death Eaters have somehow brought under their command (from the books, we know that they did this through the Imperius Curse). He becomes Minister of Magic once...

Hagrid only makes a brief appearance in this film, but it's an important one: he has to escort Harry away from the Dursleys and keep him safe. Which turns out to be no small feat, given that the D...

Well, this is the end of Mad-Eye's journey, Shmoopers: he dies while the Order of the Phoenix is trying to transport Harry away from his family home in advance of his 17th birthday. Mad-Eye is his...

Fred and George are Ron's older twin brothers. We don't see too much of them in the film, but they're basically the same: always joking, and always looking to keep things light. When Mad-Eye gives...

When we get to see him, Arthur is pretty stressed out, since he—and all of his children—are involved in trying to transport Harry safely from the Dursleys' house to the Weasley abode. Unfortuna...

Kingsley is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and he helps with Harry's transport at the beginning. He seems like a nice guy? We don't get to know him too well here, but we'll go with that assu...

Mundungus doesn't come off looking so good in this film. Yeah, yeah, we know he's a member of the Order of the Phoenix and all, but in this film he's notable for:Not wanting to be involved in Harry...

Bill is one of the older Weasley brothers, and he's getting married to Fleur, who competed with Harry in the Triwizard Tournament back in the fourth movie. We don't see too much of him, but he seem...

Remember Fleur from The Goblet of Fire? The Triwizard Champion from Beauxbatons, whose beauty seemed to turn men into blithering idiots? Well, she's about to become a Weasley. She's marrying Ron's...

Tonks is still a member of the Order, and she seems to have some news for Harry when the meet up at the beginning of the movie:TONKS: By the way, wait 'til you hear the news. Remus and I…MAD-EYE:...

Lupin makes it through the whole "transporting Harry" ordeal physically intact, but he's growing really suspicious of everyone around them. You see, he knows that the Order had to have been betraye...

This is the guy who used to own the wand shop in Diagon Alley. He was kidnapped at the beginning of the last movie, and (apparently) has been imprisoned in Malfoy Manor ever since. Harry has Dobby...

Auntie Muriel is a far cry from being a sweet old lady. When she, Harry, and Elphias are talking at the wedding, she's actually pretty antagonistic.When Harry realizes that he and Dumbledore were b...

Kreacher is the house elf who lives at 12 Grimmauld Place. We get way more backstory about him in the book but, for our purposes here, he's notable for finding the thief Mundungus and bringing him...

Mercifully, we don't have to endure too much of Dolores's simpering sadism. Harry, Hermione, and Ron break into the Ministry to steal the Horcrux off of her, and that's that.From what we can tell,...